This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This type of figurative language compares two things using like or as. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 2. Name the figurative language: "my teacher was a wise owl." A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 3. The phrase "spill the beans" is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Pun. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 4. What type of figurative language gives human qualities to a nonliving object? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 5. The ocean called my name. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 6. The road to my school is thousands of miles long.What type of figurative language is being used? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 7. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?The sun stretched his rays and said hello as he came up over the horizon. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. Identify a metaphor used in the passage and explain its meaning. A) Time is a thief. B) Time is a friend. C) Time is a journey. D) Time is a puzzle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time is a thief. 9. The use of words that vividly describe a sound (words mimic sounds) so that readers can clearly "hear" themis called A) Onomatopoeia. B) Poem. C) Rhyme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 10. The tree was a statue of ornaments. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Pun. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. The snowflakes danced in the air. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 12. My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 13. Silence your phone so it doesn't beep during the movie. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 14. Which word indicates the following sentence is a simile?Time is as cruel as a thief in the night. A) Time. B) Cruel. C) As. D) Thief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As. 15. This compares two, unlike things by using the words "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. Tell whether the example is a simile or metaphor.He is as bright as a button. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. Identify the figurative language technique that is used when TWO OR MORE WORDS BEGIN WITH THE SAME SOUND IN A SENTENCE OR A LINE OF POETRY. A) Alliteration. B) Play on words. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. A(n) ..... is a(n) ..... reference to an idea, person, place, or thing of historical, cultural, political, or literary significance. A) Personification; direct. B) Personification; indirect. C) Allusion; direct. D) Allusion; indirect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion; indirect. 19. Words whose sounds suggest their meaning. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 20. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing for everything in sight A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 21. The old tire lost air with a hiss. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Onomatopeia. 22. A figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase is called A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 23. Which one of these is an example of alliteration?? A) You are like the sun. B) The cat with the hat. C) My mother made me mash my M&Ms. D) This summer was a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My mother made me mash my M&Ms. 24. Which one is personification? A) The sun kissed our skin. B) The leaves were bright green. C) My dog slept on his back. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun kissed our skin. 25. What technique is being used in the following passage:She swims like a fish. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 26. Name the figurative language: "Bees busily buzzed through the blossoms." A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 27. "This is the BEST day of my life!" A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 28. A funny exaggeration is called a/an A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 29. Claims, evidence and research can be included as any one of the forms of creative writing. (TRUE or FALSE?) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. The restless children were hopping about like kernels in a corn popper.What figure of speech is this an example of? A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. 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